WordSong Prizewinners' Concert

Song in the City is delighted to be hosting WordSong (formerly AESS) for their annual Prizewinners' Concert.

Join us for an evening celebrating some of the most exciting emerging performers and composers in English speech and song, as the winners of WordSong’s national competitions come together for a special showcase.

Patricia Routledge Prize
Natalka Pasicznyk, soprano
performing with Bohdana Ravliuk, piano

Catherine Lambert Prize
Rayaan Vyas, baritone
performing with Yvain Calvo Caballero, piano

Dorothy Richardson Prize
Molly Baker, soprano
performing with Thomas Eeckhout, piano

CAA Acting Prize
Fortune Ibrahim

Sarah Leonard Songwriting Prize
Winning settings by Dimitrios Androniadis, Max Knight, Nicholas Gawley and Thomas Eeckhout

We are also delighted to welcome WordSong’s new Chair, internationally acclaimed tenor Adrian Thompson, who joins pianist Stephen Gutman to perform the winning songs from the Sarah Leonard Songwriting Prize.

Bringing together song, poetry, spoken performance and new composition, the programme celebrates a new generation of artists and the extraordinary expressive possibilities of the English language.

WordSong runs national competitions for singers across three age groups, as well as for pianists, actors and composers. At the heart of its work is a commitment “to encourage the communication of English words, in singing and speech, with clarity, understanding and imagination.” WORDSONG WEBSITE